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  • August 2008

    • He's a Goofy Dancer, Not a Prophet of Peace

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 2, 08 6:33 PM CDT

      He's a Goofy Dancer, Not a Prophet of Peace

      (Newser) - No doubt you've seen or heard of the YouTube phenomenon in which Matt Harding dances his way across the world and its cultures, set to a New Age song poem. And no doubt you've heard fans refer to Harding as nothing less than a purveyor of world peace. But please, let's give it a rest, writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      YouTube  • commercials  • digital video  • dancing  • Meghan Daum  • Matt Harding  • Stride chewing gum

  • June 2008

    • Video Service Could Be Behind Amazon Glitches

      New York Times  |  Jun 10, 08 2:44 AM CDT

      Video Service Could Be Behind Amazon Glitches

      (Newser) - Amazon's new digital video service could be behind the glitches that have been plaguing the site, reports the New York Times . The online retailer was knocked offline for two hours last week and suffered sporadic problems yesterday. Analysts believe the company may be rejigging its distribution system ahead of the relaunch of its Amazon Unbox movie and TV download service. Outages were mostly limited to the US, where the service is expected to debut. More »

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      Amazon.com  • digital video  • Jeff Bezos  • streaming content  • downloads  • video downloads

  • April 2008

    • New HD Cameras Don't Cut It

      Washington Post  |  Apr 24, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      New HD Cameras Don't Cut It

      (Newser) - Many digital cameras also shoot video, and two new cameras from Kodak and Panasonic take that feature one step further by adding the capability to shoot high-definition footage. At price tags under $500, a fraction of an HD camcorder, the Kodak EasyShare V1073 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 would seem too good to be true—and, writes Rob Pegoraro in the Washington Post , they largely are. More »

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      digital video  • digital camera  • high definition  • Panasonic  • Kodak

    • Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      Apple Insider  |  Apr 15, 08 9:54 PM CDT

      Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      (Newser) - Amazon.com’s digital music download store isn’t stealing iTunes customers—the six-month-old service is attracting a new consumer demographic, analysts say. A market research firm found that only 10 percent of Amazon MP3 customers surveyed in February previously bought iTunes music, AppleInsider reports. That’s a “healthy indication that the digital music customer pool can expand into new consumer groups,” an analyst says. More »

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      Apple  • Amazon.com  • iTunes  • digital music  • digital downloads  • digital video  • Amazon MP3

    • Amazon Keeps Building on Digital Transformation

      New York Times  |  Apr 7, 08 3:16 PM CDT

      Amazon Keeps Building on Digital Transformation

      (Newser) - Sales of downloadable digital media continue to gain ground on conventional formats—last week, Apple’s iTunes passed Wal-Mart as top US music seller. Not to be outdone, Amazon.com is rapidly expanding its venues for digital Web delivery, the New York Times reports. This year, the company debuted a music download store, its Unbox video service and the recent download-capable Kindle e-book reader. More »

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      Amazon.com  • digital music  • digital downloads  • Amazon  • digital video  • Kindle  • e-book

  • February 2008

    • TiVo Wins Patent Suit on Appeal

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 1, 08 3:29 AM CST

      TiVo Wins Patent Suit on Appeal

      (Newser) - TiVo's share price soared after an appeals court ruled that EchoStar Holding and Dish Network had been illegally using TiVo's "time-warp" recording software, the Wall Street Journal reports. TiVo has been trying to expand its business beyond set-top box making and into licensing its technology, which lets users pause, fast forward and rewind live TV programs. More »

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      television  • digital video  • TiVo  • Dish Network  • EchoStar

  • January 2008

    • Comcast, TiVo Team Up in Boston

      USA Today  |  Jan 22, 08 10:24 AM CST

      Comcast, TiVo Team Up in Boston

      (Newser) - TiVo and Comcast have rolled out their promised joint service in the Boston area, with national distribution to follow. The service sends TiVo software to Comcast-provided digital video recorders in a first that TiVo hopes to repeat with other cable providers, USA Today reports. TiVo lost hundreds of thousands of customers when DirecTV turned to an in-house DVR. More »

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      Boston  • Comcast  • digital video  • TiVo  • DirecTV  • DVR

  • December 2007

    • Japan Hosts Camera Phone Film Festival

      Associated Press  |  Dec 7, 07 5:30 PM CST

      Japan Hosts Camera Phone Film Festival

      (Newser) - Featuring 48 judge-selected short movies, each of them shot using a camera phone, Japan's Pocket Film Festival marks the dawning of a new era in amateur film making. Without special effects or fancy camera-work, the pocket-flicks, like winners "Thumb Girl" and "Walkers," are all close-up and intimate (albeit grainy) windows to the ordinary, the Associated Press reports. More »

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      film  • Japan  • cell phones  • digital video  • digital camera  • camera phones

  • November 2007

    • French Attack Internet Piracy

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Nov 23, 07 8:34 AM CST

      French Attack Internet Piracy

      (Newser) - French internet pirates, beware. Big Brother is watching. Or, he will be if a three-strikes-and-you’re-out industry proposal backed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy moves forward, the Financial Times reports. Under the plan, ISPs would forward data on users illegally sharing files to the government, which could terminate problem internet accounts after two warnings. Critics say the plan threatens civil liberties. More »

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      Internet  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • music downloads  • piracy  • digital video

  • October 2007

    • eBay's $1.4 Billion Phone Bill

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 2, 07 12:04 AM CDT

      eBay's $1.4 Billion Phone Bill

      (Newser) - eBay's $2.6 billion acquisition of phone service Skype looks like a wrong number, with profits on hold indefinitely. The Wall Street Journal reports eBay will take a $1.4 billion write down on Skype, which  accounts for $90 million of eBay's $1.83 billion in revenue in the third quarter. Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom is stepping down. More »

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      social networking  • eBay  • Skype  • digital video  • PayPal  • revenue  • online music  • Meg Whitman  • Vonage  • write down

  • September 2007

    • Sony Goes After Apple With TV, Film Downloads

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 4, 07 11:27 AM CDT

      Sony Goes After Apple With TV, Film Downloads

      (Newser) - The iPod may have displaced the Walkman, but Sony is fighting back: The Japanese company with the Welsh CEO plans to roll out new video-downloading services for its high-def TVs and PlayStation devices, the Journal reports. Insiders at Sony suggest Howard Stringer will bet big on the video-downloading market, which analysts predict could be significantly larger than digital music. More »

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      Apple  • iPod  • Sony  • digital video  • PlayStation  • Howard Stringer

  • August 2007

    • NBC Content Will Disappear From iTunes

      New York Times  |  Aug 31, 07 3:23 PM CDT

      NBC Content Will Disappear From iTunes

      (Newser) - In a move that could hurt both companies, NBC Universal has decided to pull its popular digital videos from Apple’s iTunes store. NBC, Apple’s top supplier of digital video, said it wanted more control over the pricing of its products and greater piracy protection, echoing complaints from other media companies—but Apple won’t budge, the Times reports. More »

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      television  • Apple  • NBC  • News Corp  • CBS  • Steve Jobs  • iPod  • iTunes  • digital video  • Walt Disney  • Jeff Zucker

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